Irs Seizes Tax Records From Stores

August 14, 1986|By NANCY E. ROMAN, Staff Writer

POMPANO BEACH -- Internal Revenue Service agents confiscated tax and financial records from two supermarkets and a warehouse Wednesday because the owners are suspected of concealing income and submitting fraudulent tax forms, IRS officials said.

Holger Euringer, public affairs officer for the IRS, said an investigation of Gamal Brothers and Limited Corp., a warehouse business at 1538 Hammondville Road; Croft Supermarket, 1447 Hammondville Road; and Lem`s Saxon and Wall, 321 NW Third Ave., will take months or years to complete.

It took four hours for 30 Fort Lauderdale IRS agents to gather the documents, Euringer said.

Employees of both grocery stores, who refused to give their names, said they were surprised when police officers escorted agents into their stores.

``I thought it was a break-in or something,`` said a co-manager of Lem`s Saxon and Wall. ``We were all shocked, and didn`t know what was going on.``

Euringer said no one was arrested, but the case will be turned over to the U.S. Department of Justice if investigators find evidence of crimes.

Business will proceed as usual at the supermarkets and warehouse, employees said.